OTTAWA—The federal Liberal government wants to make it easier for Canadians to cast a ballot, while making it harder for political parties to spend vast sums to persuade them who to vote for — or to violate their privacy. Brison is acting as democratic institutions minister while Karina Gould, who usually fills that role, is on maternity leave. The proposed legislation, if passed, would limit how much political parties can spend on partisan advertising leading up to the official campaign period, which would be about $1.5 million in 2019. That bill, stalled at the introductory stage ever since, will be rolled into the new one. “We want to have these measures in place by the election in 2019, because Canadians expect elections to be reliable and safe,” Trudeau said.

Source: thestar April 30, 2018 21:00 UTC